4th Annual Greater Toronto Area Transportation Summit

This conference will detail new strategies and development trends that are making success stories for transit systems. Municipal officials, public sector executives and industry stakeholders will learn through presentations, panel discussions and case studies, in particular, Berlin Transportation Authority, Consortium of Transportation in Madrid, Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority and Liverpool City Region's Passenger Transport Authority, how the GTA and their regions can capitalize on these success models.

Toronto, ON (PRWEB) March 5, 2006 -- Reducing gridlock with integration strategies will be the focus of Strategy Institute's 4th Annual GTA Transportation Summit, commencing March 21st, 2006, at The Delta Chelsea Hotel, 33 Gerrard Street West, Toronto.

Over the past year, the GTA (Greater Toronto Area) has received the largest joint federal provincial investment for municipal transit in addition to gas tax funding, and as always there is an ongoing debate as to where that funding is allocated. Can transportation in the GTA sustain demographic trends with an estimated population of 2.3 million to be added over the next 25 years?

Among the guest speakers to be in attendance on Tuesday, March 21st, 2006, are Gary McNeil, Managing Director, GO Transit, Pat Jacobsen, CEO, Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority and Hans -Werner Franz, Managing Director, Berlin-Brandenburg Transportation Authority; Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006, The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Transportation, Infrastructure and Communities, Carlos Cristobal-Pinto, Director, Study and Planning Department, Consortium of Transportation in Madrid, and Les Kelman, Director of Transportation Services, Traffic Management, City of Toronto Transportation Division.

Strategy Institute is an independent North American, research-based organization that monitors and communicates changes and trends to industry leaders.

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